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The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is set to host a helicopter festival at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Saturday. Police and television helicopters will be on display, as well as a Virginia search and rescue helicopter and a human-powered helicopter designed by students of the University of Maryland.

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The only surviving Sikorsky JRS-1 amphibian, famous for being one of the first airplanes off Pearl Harbor during the infamous attack by the Japanese, is on display at the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles International Airport. Smithsonian officials say the airplane is not currently being restored, but it is "high on the list."

With air travel becoming so ubiquitous, many people have lost the wonder of flight. Aviation museums around the world, like the Museum of Flight in Seattle or Virginia's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, offer splendid exhibits that will inspire even the weariest air traveler.

Benet Wilson from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association attended the Become a Pilot Day at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. "I cannot believe that I am sitting across from the Enola Gay," Wilson said in this podcast. The event sponsored by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum featured displays of about 50 aircraft, as well as flight simulators.

Ceremonies introducing the first group of new astronauts since the Columbia shuttle accident were held yesterday at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. The group of eleven men and women includes three teachers.

The National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport is an adult fantasy come to life. Washington Post reporter Ken Ringle has his top-10 list of the aircraft featured at the new museum.